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 <li>The IMF encourages El Salvador to limit its Bitcoin law to protect the economy from volatility risks and ensure financial stability.</li>  
 <li>El Salvador’s Bitcoin adoption faces challenges, with efforts like airdrops failing to achieve good results.</li>  
 <li>Despite struggles, El Salvador's GDP plans to grow by 3% in 2024, showing resilience amid Bitcoin uncertainties.</li> 
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<p>The International Monetary Fund urges the <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com/taiwan-strengthens-crypto-rules-with-new-anti-money-laundering-updates/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">strengthening of cryptocurrency laws</a> and reducing the amount of Bitcoin used by the El Salvador government. Representatives of El Salvador and the IMF were having conversations when this came up.</p>  
<p>The goal is to address the risks tied to Bitcoin while working toward stabilizing the country's economy. Key discussions have enhanced transparency and reduced the financial instability that could arise from El Salvador's Bitcoin experiment.</p>  
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-imf-worries-about-the-volatility-of-bitcoin">IMF Worries About The Volatility of Bitcoin</h2>  
<p>El Salvador accepted Bitcoin as legal tender in 2021 due to inconsistent outcomes. Adoption of Bitcoin has proven difficult due to its unpredictable price changes. <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com/president-nayib-bukele-meets-musk-at-tesla-discusses-el-salvadors-tech-future/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">President Nayib Bukele</a> experienced early success as the value of Bitcoin skyrocketed during a bull market, but most of the initial energy faded.</p>  
<p>However, the market catastrophe that struck in late 2021 seriously harmed the nation's financial prospects. El Salvador has been pushed by the IMF to decrease its exposure to Bitcoin to hedge against future economic dangers.</p>  
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-mixed-results-and-future-uncertainty">Mixed Results and Future Uncertainty</h2>  
<p>To give its unbanked people access to banking services, El Salvador <a href="https://www.nber.org/digest/202207/el-salvadors-experiment-bitcoin-legal-tender" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">launched</a> a Bitcoin experiment. Adoption has fallen short of expectations in spite of these efforts. To promote its use, the government even airdropped Bitcoin to its populace, but the outcomes are still unimpressive.&nbsp;</p>  
<p>Crucially, uncertainty is still produced by the boom and bust cycles of Bitcoin volatility. Furthermore, the nation finds it challenging to depend on Bitcoin as a reliable source of legal cash due to its abrupt swings.</p>  
<p>El Salvador's GDP is predicted to <a href="https://www.imf.org/en/Countries/SLV" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">grow by 3%</a> in 2024, outpacing the regional average, despite these issues. Furthermore, the government and IMF are still collaborating to lower the financial and fiscal risks associated with Bitcoin.&nbsp;</p>  
<p>Whether Bitcoin can overcome its volatility to become a widely accepted legal money remains questionable, but the debate between the IMF and El Salvador is a crucial step toward stabilizing the country’s economic future.</p> 
<p>The post <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com/imf-pressures-el-salvador-to-tame-bitcoin/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">IMF Pressures El Salvador to Tame Bitcoin as Economic Stability Remains Elusive</a> appeared first on <a href="https://cryptonewsland.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Crypto News Land</a>.</p>

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